EFCC operatives batter FRSC official, rice farmer in Enugu night raid
Operatives of the Economic and Financial Crime Commission have allegedly brutalised the Executive Director, Divine Rice Producers, and an official of the Federal Road Safety Corp in Enugu during a...
View ArticleOpposition mounts as National Assembly transmits PIB to Buhari next week
The National Assembly may transmit the Petroleum Industry Bill, passed by both chambers of the National Assembly, to the President, Major General Muhammadu Buhari (retd.), for assent next week. A...
View ArticleDollar video: Court fines Ganduje N800,000, publisher demands N400m
The Daily Nigerian publisher, Jaafar Jaafar, on Tuesday, asked the Kano State High Court to order the state governor, Dr Abdullahi Ganduje, to pay him and his online outfit N400m, as compensation for...
View ArticlePolice arrest party chairman over kidnap of businessman
The Peoples Democratic Party Chairman in Igumale Ward 2 of the Ado Local Government Area of Benue State, Orinya Ajibo, has been arrested for his alleged complicity in the kidnap of a businessman in...
View ArticleBandits kill 21, burn houses in fresh Katsina communities’ invasions
No fewer than 21 people have been killed in different attacks on Katsina State villages by bandits. Late on Monday, they killed 19 people at Tsauwa village in the Batsari Local Government Area of the...
View ArticleSuspected herdsmen kill Taraba village head, two others in night raid
Gunmen suspected to be Fulani, on Monday, killed the Mai-Angwan Tiv in the Kundi district, Zaki Terzungwe Anjua, and two others in an overnight attack in the Bali Local Government Area of Taraba State....
View ArticleLack of guidelines stops NBC licence for Facebook, Instagram, others
• ECOWAS Court fixes date to consolidate Twitter ban suits, NBA sues FG Facebook, Instagram, WhatsApp and other platforms have yet to register with the National Broadcasting Commission nearly one month...
View ArticleSouth African Simbine breaks Fasuba’s 15-year 100m African record
•Okagbare runs Season’s Best in Olympics prep South African sprinter Akani Simbine broke Olusoji Fasuba’s 15-year African record in the men’s 100m when he ran a time of 9.84secs to win at the World...
View ArticleReps debate state police bill, want guns for regional outfits
The House of Representatives has passed for second reading, a bill seeking to amend the 1999 Constitution to allow creation of state police and legalise regional security outfits. The current police...
View ArticleTwo ministries exit national power grid, deploy solar project
The ministries of Works and Housing and Environment have moved away from receiving power supply from the national electricity grid. Minister of Works and Housing, Babatunde Fashola, announced that the...
View ArticleBandits hold 348 students, UNESCO sounds warning as ACF lampoons FG
The total number of students being held by bandits has increased to 348 with the latest abduction of 121 students in Kaduna State. Out of the 348 students, three categories numbering 227 are still...
View ArticleGunmen storm Ekiti farm settlement, abduct four workers, demand N50m
Gunmen have abducted four workers on a farm at Ikosu Ekiti in the Moba council area of Ekiti State. PUNCH Metro learnt that the farm workers were whisked away around 5pm on Monday. A source said the...
View ArticleN5.2bn fraud: Ex-JAMB registrar to spend 48 hours in prison
The Federal High Court sitting in Abuja, on Tuesday, ordered that the former Registrar of the Joint Admission and Matriculation Board, Prof Adedibu Ojerinde, be remanded in a correctional facility...
View ArticleGunmen hiding among cows open fire on Plateau monarch after peace meeting
A traditional ruler in the Bassa Local Local Governement Area of Plateau State, Daniel Chega, has escaped death after gunmen attacked his vehicle. Chega, who is the District Head of Miango, was said to...
View ArticleOil price tumbles to $74 amid OPEC+ crisis
The international oil benchmark, Brent crude, pared some of its recent gains on Tuesday, after the Organisation of the Petroleum Exporting Countries and its allies cancelled a meeting due to clashes...
View ArticleNigeria’ll export petrol in two years – NNPC
The Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation on Tuesday said refined petroleum products would be exported from Nigeria to other countries in the next two years. Nigeria currently imports refined...
View ArticleCourt remands eight suspected rapists, killers of UNILORIN student
Justice Ibrahim Yusuf of the Kwara State High Court in Ilorin on Tuesday remanded eight persons charged with the rape and murder of a 24-year-old University of Ilorin student, Olajide Blessing...
View ArticleSenate raises PIB harmonisation panel with Reps, opposition continues
The President of the Senate, Ahmad Lawan, on Tuesday, constituted a seven-member committee to harmonise the different versions of the Petroleum Industry Bill, passed by both chambers of the National...
View ArticleReturn recovered $40.379m to NNPC, order Reps
The House of Representatives’ Ad Hoc Committee on Assessment and Status of All Recovered Loots Movable and Immovable Assets from 2002 to 2020 by Agencies of the Federal Government of Nigeria for...
View ArticleSouth-West govs lobby National Assembly caucus on state police, PIB,...
Governors of the South-West states met with members of the National Assembly from the geopolitical zone behind closed doors on Tuesday and discussed issues concerning the ongoing review of the...
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